A switched-on bird which dodged anti-nesting deterrents by making use of a street light has been awarded the Nest of the Year title in a public vote.
The kittiwake built its nest on the top of the lamp near the Guildhall on Newcastle Quayside, one of the buildings where measures have been taken to stop the birds nesting in what is the furthest inland kittiwake breeding colony in the world.
The Kittiwakes upon the Tyne group drew up a shortlist of eight inventive nest sites for its 2022 Nest of the Year contest. The lamp bird faced competition from nests on larger spotlight lamps, the tallest nest in the colony sited under the Tyne Bridge tower and birds nesting at the Guildhall on top of deterrent spikes and next to the electric Avi-shock system.
